Pyroderces klimeschi

Pyroderces klimeschi is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).

Features

The moths reach a wingspan of 13-17 millimeters. The head is yellowish white. The first two thirds of the sensors are striped white and brown. The last third is divided into three brown and three white sections. The thorax is yellowish white. Dorsal he has two broad, pale brown bars that are slightly narrower in the middle. There is a rear whitish spot. The tegulae are brown. The forewings are brown in the basal region. At the basal region borders a very obliquely inwardly extending, ockerfabener to white line. It extends from the Costa loader to above the anal fold. The remaining wing areas are ocher-brown, the apical area is darker. On the wing inner edge there is a white line, which is mixed often yellowish. It extends from the wing base to wing tip and at the inner angle is narrower. On the ocher to white binding is located at 1/ 5 of its length, a dark brown, subapikaler spot. A similar spot is located above and below the anal fold on the border with brown basal region. The Costa loader is mixed gray of 1 /4 to 2 /3 of the forewing length. In the wing center begins at half the wing length a vague, gray line, which extends to the apex. There is a white spot on the inner angle. An ocher, white line extends from Costa loader up to the apical region. The fringe scales are at the apex ocher brown and yellow ocher on the wing inner edge. The hind wings are ocher- gray and darker towards the apex. The abdomen is gray ocher. The segments have rear lighter bands, the last two segments are yellowish white. In the males, the forewings are more monochromatic, dark brown spots missing.

In the males, the Tegumen is long and tapers distally. The Brachia are severely bent. The right brachium is about twice as long as the left and has a hook- shaped tip. The Valven are very long, slender and slightly curved. The aedeagus is short and trimmed. He has a sclerotized basal ring. The Manica tapers distally strong, the last third is bent downward. The left Valvella is narrow club-shaped. The right Valvella has a rounded hump.

In females, the ostium is located in the center of the rounded sterigma and has a sclerotized ring. The sterigma has a protuberance on the right side. The ductus bursae is shorter than the corpus bursae. The corpus bursae is elongate and tapers forward. The signals consist of two irregular, oval and scaly plates.

Similar Species

Pyroderces klimeschi differs from similar species by the yellowish white head and pale brown center line on the white thorax.

Dissemination

Pyroderces klimeschi is based in Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Spain ( Mallorca) and Italy.

Biology

About the biology of the species is not known. The moths were caught in May and in June ( Little Balaton ).

Documents

• Splendor falter
• Cosmopterigidae